American Systems will provide test, evaluation and certification services to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential 10-year, $1.01 billion contract. The company said Monday it will deliver a full spectrum of joint test and evaluation services to DOD’s Joint Interoperability Test Command at Fort Huachuca in Arizona and Fort George G. Meade in […] More

John Steckel, vice president of Corporate Development at American Systems, one of the largest employee-owned federal contractors in the country, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his appointment into a position with the company and its meaning to the future of the company. In addition, Steckel also discussed the company culture as a significant driver of success as well […] More

American Systems and U.S. Navy engineers have developed a system designed to aid helicopter pilots during degraded visual environment landings. The company said Tuesday the Low-Speed Precision Control system is a hardware and software platform that works to reduce pilot workload during approaches into DVE conditions such as brownouts. During a demonstration at the Naval […] More

John Steckel, vice president of business development at American Systems, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveGov on Wednesday. He talked about the employee-owned federal contractor’s Independent Research and Development efforts and its importance to American Systems and customers. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Steckel: “We not only have […] More

American Systems, a leading IT and engineering solutions company, announced the formation of a Digital Engineering Lab as part of the firm’s Independent Research and Development initiatives in support of advancing their avionics systems prototype development capabilities. The DE Lab, located in Lexington Park, Maryland, brings together the high-fidelity models (Digital Twins) of aircraft and […] More

American Systems has received a Maturity Level 3 appraisal under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration framework for its programs within the enterprise information systems directorate and modeling simulation and analysis directorate. The company said Monday its programs in its EIS directorate and MSAD were appraised at Maturity Level 3 for CMMI version 2.0 […] More

American Systems has been awarded a seat on the potential $496 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by Washington Headquarters Services for a range of services. “This is one more example of our capabilities aligning with national priority programs and enabling the OUSD (R&E) to accelerate concept to capability“”we know what's at stake,“ said Peter Smith, president and CEO of American Systems. 

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American Systems has promoted Sheri Murphy to the newly-created position of vice president of Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement (QA/CI), the company announced Monday. As VP of QA/CI, Murphy will be responsible for advising company leadership on the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes, programs and initiatives. 

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American Systems plans to transfer its Connecticut operations to an expanded location in Norwich by March, the Norwich Bulletin reported Monday.

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American Systems will compete for task orders to support the U.S. Air Force's Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance initiative through a $427M multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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American Systems has been added to the list of military friendly employers for 2020 in recognition of the Chantilly, Va.-based information technology services contractor“™s efforts to hire and support retired service personnel.

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The U.S. Air Force has authorized the deployment and operation of an emergency enterprise-wide mass notification system American Systems has built through a five-year task order awarded 2017. American Systems said Tuesday EMNS is designed to alert USAF personnel in the event of a natural disaster or an installation security threat.

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